Acting on a specific complaint, the Vigilance teamlaid a trap and caught the Panchayat Secretary Vipin BihariMandal and the mukhia Jageshwar Marandi while he was receivinga bribe from the teachers, the Additional Director General ofPolice (ADGP), Vigilance, P.K. Thakur said.

The accused had taken bribe from the teachers forimplementing orders of appelate authority regarding teachers''appointment, he said.